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“And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you. However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.”— Shechem (Gen 33:19), Genesis 34:11-12
“Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.”— Shemaiah (2Ch 17:8), 2 Chronicles 12:5
“And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.”— Shemaiah (Neh 10:8), Nehemiah 6:10
“Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.”— Shephatiah (Jer 38:1), Jeremiah 38:4
“And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.”— Shimei (1Ki 1:8), 1 Kings 2:38
“And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us: But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision; Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people. But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.”— Simeon (Gen 29:33), Genesis 34:14-17
“But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?”— Simeon (Gen 29:33), Genesis 34:31
“At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?”— Tattenai, Ezra 5:3
“This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well. Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls? And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them. And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put…”— Tattenai, Ezra 5:8-17
“Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.”— Zebah, Judges 8:18
“Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.”— Zebah, Judges 8:21
“Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.”— Zebah, Psalms 83:12
“And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you. So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly; And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.”— Zebul, Judges 9:31-33
“And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.”— Zebul, Judges 9:36
“Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to be his servants? Is this not the people whom you were rating so low? Go out now, and make war on them.”— Zebul, Judges 9:38
“Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.”— Zechariah (2Ch 17:7), 2 Chronicles 24:20
“So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!”— Zechariah (2Ch 17:7), 2 Chronicles 24:22
“And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.”— Zedekiah (1Ki 22:11), 1 Kings 22:11
“Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?”— Zedekiah (1Ki 22:11), 1 Kings 22:24
“And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.”— Zedekiah (1Ki 22:11), 2 Chronicles 18:10
“Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?”— Zedekiah (1Ki 22:11), 2 Chronicles 18:23
“For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had had him shut up, saying, Why have you, as a prophet, been saying, The Lord has said, See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye. And he will take Zedekiah away to Babylon, where he will be till I have pity on him, says the Lord: though you are fighting with the Chaldaeans, things will not go well for…”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 32:3-5
“The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 37:9
“Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 37:17
“Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:5
“Then the king gave orders to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take with you three men from here and get Jeremiah out of the water-hole before death overtakes him.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:10
“Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and took him into the rulers' doorway in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremiah, I have a question to put to you; keep nothing back from me.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:14
“So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:16
“And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:19
“Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death. But if it comes to the ears of the rulers that I have been talking with you, and they come and say to you, Give us word now of what you have said to the king and what the king said to you, keeping nothing back and we will not put you to death;”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:24-25
“Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.”— Zedekiah (Jer 29:21), Jeremiah 38:26
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